While we have made some progress since the Great Recession of 2008, too many New Mexicans continue to be unemployed or underemployed. We have an economy that has left struggling middle-class families behind. Antoinette will co-sponsor and fight to pass the 21st Century New Deal for Jobs Act, which would bring thousands of good paying jobs to New Mexico and make significant infrastructure investments that we need to revitalize our economy.

“As your Congresswoman, I will fight for robust infrastructure investments that repair our faltering roads and bridges and brings back jobs to New Mexico. That is why I support the Progressive Caucus’ plan for a 21st Century New Deal for Jobs Act.”

I will fight to bring federal resources to expand our growing clean energy and high tech economy here in New Mexico. These investments will put thousands of New Mexicans back to work in good-paying jobs. With our world-class universities, national labs, unique arts and culture, and military installations combined with federal investments, New Mexico can lead in the 21st-century economy. I will ensure that our rural communities and small towns get their fair share of community development and infrastructure investments.”

Protecting New Mexico Workers

I will fight for a higher minimum wage so that we can build a stronger economy that works for all of New Mexico’s communities. She’ll fight to combat income inequality and will champion legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Antoinette believes that all working New Mexicans deserve a living wage and that we should work to end the economic disparities that women and communities of color experience. With over 1 in 5 New Mexicans living below the poverty line and the growth of the working poor in our state, we need to invest in our workers so that no one who works a 40 hour work week lives in poverty or has a to work and contribute.”

Supporting New Mexico Small Businesses

Our small business community is the backbone of our economy, and we need a small business champion who will ensure that our local economy receives the investments our state needs to thrive. That means:

Ensuring that publicly supported infrastructure projects are fair to our local businesses and their workers and that our regulatory environment is fair to consumers and small businesses.

Fighting to simplify small business regulations and working to ensure that New Mexico’s economy gets its fair share in federal investments and small business grants and loans to help our local economy thrive.

Supporting and expanding successful programs like the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, which enables businesses to grow.

Too often our small businesses don’t get a seat at the table so that their concerns are addressed so that they can thrive.

“As the former executive director of a non-profit, I know the challenges of balancing a budget and ensuring that 30 employees and their families receive decent pay and benefits. I believe that a Medicare-for-All health care system can relieve the administrative burden of employer-provided health care and that a Medicare for All system can not only be a benefit to all New Mexicans but also our small businesses. The lower overhead will, in turn, provide small businesses with the flexibility needed to attract, keep, and train a stable work force. Investing in our economy requires us to invest in training our workforce for the jobs of the future, which is why I will work to expand investments in higher education and apprenticeships.”